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The Advanced Search screen lets you construct more complex search statements. Each search string entered in a Search for: box uses a single index. Up to three search strings in three indexes can be combined using
the Boolean operators AND and OR. You may also choose how you would like your results sorted: by article author, title, the journal in which the article appears, and the year the article was written.

To find information about calvinism AND france, type each search terms in a Search for: box, and change the indexes to Subject.

The indexes available for searching include:

Keyword: searches across the entire database in every database field.

Subject: searches CRCPI's official subject headings, such as Abortion -- Law and Legislation.

Subject Browse: brings the user to the alphabetical listing of subject headings at the point of the alphabet keyed in the search box.

Author: searches CRCPI's official author list.

Author Browse: brings the user to the alphabetical listing of author headings at the point of the alphabet keyed in the search box.

Title: searches for articles:according to their title.

Year:searches for articles written in a particular year.

Abstract: Searches for words included in the abstract field. This may or may not inlcude a summary of the article.

Issue: If known, the user can type in the issue name of the publication. Best if used in conjunction with "Limit by Publication."